Meaning & use

haunted

adjective·Everyday

Believed to be regularly visited by ghosts, or deeply and persistently troubled by a memory or fear.

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Local teenagers dared each other to spend a night in the haunted mansion on the hill.

Years after the accident, he remained haunted by guilt over what he could not prevent.

A note on using this word

Haunted can describe a place said to hold ghosts, or, figuratively, a person constantly disturbed by a past event or feeling.

Words with a similar meaning

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Words with an opposite meaning

peacefuluntroubled

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